MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Attorneys representing two women in a federal lawsuit against Shelby County are responding after the office denied assault allegations.
According to the lawsuit, the women, who were inmates at a female housing facility, were sexually assaulted by a male inmate.
‘Stunning and reckless,’ that’s how the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office describes a federal lawsuit filed against the county.
Lawsuit claims women sexually assaulted by male detainee at women’s jail
Thursday, attorneys DiCello Levitt and W. Bryan Smith & Associates released a statement on the matter:…